NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: BI (Contracting) Pty Limited v University of Adelaide [2008] NSWCA 210 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S): 4/3/08
JUDGMENT DATE: 19 September 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Bell JA at 2; McClellan CJ at CL at 125
DECISION: Appeal and the cross-appeal each dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: TORTS – NEGLIGENCE – duty of care – foreseeability in 1961 to informed industry player of risk – bystander exposed to asbestos spray at building site for short period - BREACH – whether evidence capable of supporting finding – apportionment – whether unreasonable to allocate 65 per cent to employer with constructive knowledge 35 per cent to subcontractor with actual knowledge - EVIDENCE – expert opinion evidence – admissibility of expert opinion concerning the state of knowledge in 1961 - COSTS – indemnity principle – whether error to order contribution
Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 (NSW) Dust Diseases Tribunal Rules Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED: Harmful Gases, Vapours, Fumes, Mists, Smokes and Dusts Regulation 1945 (Vic) Health Act 1928 (Vic) Legal Practitioners Act 1987 Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) Wrongs Act 1936 (SA)
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth [1951] HCA 5; (1951) 83 CLR 1 Bellevue Crescent Pty Ltd v Marland Holdings Pty Ltd (1998) 43 NSWLR 364 BI (Contracting) Pty Ltd v Myer Emporium Ltd [2005] NSWCA 305; 3 DDCR 142 BI (Contracting) Pty Ltd v The Public Trustee of South Australia [2005] NSWCA 306; 3 DDCR 161 BI (Contracting) Pty Ltd v Strikwerda [2005] NSWCA 288; DDCR 149 British Fame (Owners) v Macgregor (Owners) [1943] AC 197 Higgins v William Inglis & Son Pty Ltd [1978] 1 NSWLR 649 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 James Hardie & Co Ltd v Wyong Shire Council (2000) 48 NSWLR 679 CASES CITED: Jones v Scully [2002] FCA 1080 Julia Farr Services Inc v Hayes [2003] NSWCA 37; 24 NSWCCR 138 Patrick Operations Ltd v Comcare [2006] NSWCA 142; 4 DDCR 234 Podrebersek v Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd (1985) 59 ALR 535 R v Bonython (1984) 38 SASR 45 Rolls Royce Industrial Power (Pacific) Ltd v James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 625 Seltsam Pty Ltd v McNeill [2006] NSWCA 158; 4 DDCR 1 Seltsam Ltd v Minahan (1966) 13 NSWCCR 410 Trevorrow v State of South Australia (No 5) [2007] SASC 285; 98 SASR 136 Wentworth v Rodgers [2006] NSWCA 145; 66 NSWLR 474 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt [1980] HCA 12; 146 CLR 40
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